Snowboarders enjoy season's 1st ski resort opening in Japan

Snowboarders enjoy season's 1st ski resort opening in Japan

SUSONO, Japan - Two snowboarders donning Halloween costumes enjoy a run on the slopes of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014, at Snow Town Yeti, the first outdoor ski resort to open in Japan this season.

2 Japanese teen snowboarders banned for marijuana use

2 Japanese teen snowboarders banned for marijuana use

Toshimasa Furukawa, a senior official of the Ski Association of Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 27, 2016. The association banned two teenage snowboarders from competing indefinitely after they were found to have used marijuana on a tour to the United States in December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Snowboarders enjoy season's 1st ski resort opening in Japan

Snowboarders enjoy season's 1st ski resort opening in Japan

SUSONO, Japan - Two snowboarders donning Halloween costumes enjoy a run on the slopes of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014, at Snow Town Yeti, the first outdoor ski resort to open in Japan this season. (Kyodo)

Skiareal Klinovec, Ore Mountains, Czech Republic, snowboarders, temperature inversion

Skiareal Klinovec, Ore Mountains, Czech Republic, snowboarders, temperature inversion

The Czech Republic today moved from the third to the tougher fourth coronavirus alert level because of the worsening epidemiological situation, which means that restaurants and hotels must close after two weeks again. Shops and services will not be closed but will operate under special organisational and sanitary measures. Ski lifts in the mountains start operating (pictured Ore Mountains, people and snowboarders in Klinovec), Czech Republic, December 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Slavomir Kubes)

Skiareal Lipno, Bohemian Forest, Sumava, Czech Republic, snowboarders, beautiful weather, sun

Skiareal Lipno, Bohemian Forest, Sumava, Czech Republic, snowboarders, beautiful weather, sun

The Czech Republic today moved from the third to the tougher fourth coronavirus alert level because of the worsening epidemiological situation, which means that restaurants and hotels must close after two weeks again. Shops and services will not be closed but will operate under special organisational and sanitary measures. Ski lifts in the mountains start operating (pictured snowboarders in Lipno), Czech Republic, December 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)